Recording vaccines given to your patients

It’s important to record the vaccines you give to your patients on the AIR at the time of vaccination. Information on the AIR needs to be accurate and up to date so that:

families can receive their appropriate child care and FTB payments on time

children can enrol in school or adults can start certain jobs on time

the AIR can inform public health management and research of vaccine-preventable diseases.

Recognised vaccination providers should report to the AIR all vaccinations they give to their patients in Australia. They should also record those given overseas if they have appropriate documentation.

If your practice software does not automatically report vaccinations to the AIR, then you will need to report these vaccinations directly using the AIR website.

Information about registering to send or receive immunisation data from the AIR is available on the AIR website.

You’ll get an immunisation payment statement summary each month. You can access the statement on the AIR website or have it posted to you. You can also check or change your preferences on the AIR website.

Immunisation details submitted to AIR during the last month will be included in the Immunisation Notifications Reconciliation report. This report is available on the AIR website on the second last Tuesday of each month.